008/22 (006/05) Music: Target audience

Character position definition and scope:

A one-character alphabetic code that describes the intellectual level of the target audience for which the material is intended. It is used primarily to identify music to be used or performed by a specific target audience. When items are considered appropriate for more than one target audience, the code is recorded for the primary target audience.

For juvenile material, either code j (Juvenile) or the more specific codes a (Preschool), b (Primary), or c (Pre-adolescent) are used. An item considered juvenile material often includes the word juvenile in its subject heading(s).

A fill character ( | ) is used when no attempt has been made to code this 008 position.

Record requirements for National-level and Minimal-level records: Optional.

Guidelines for applying content designators:

Code:	Description:
#	Unknown or unspecified
a	Preschool Children, approximate ages 0-5 years.
b	Primary Children, approximate ages 6-8 years.
c	Pre-adolescent Young people, approximate ages 9-13.
d	Adolescent Young people, approximate ages 14-17.
e	Adult
f	Specialized
g	General
j	Juvenile
\|	No attempt to code

Content designator history:

c - Elementary and junior high [renamed, 2002]

d - Secondary (senior high) [renamed, 2002]

u - School material at first level [obsolete] [CAN/MARC only]

v - School material at second level [obsolete] [CAN/MARC only]

Prior to the definition of codes a through g in 1995, only codes # and j were used in USMARC.